Picture hook



Nov. 23, 1943. L E FREY 2,334,700

PICTURE HOOK Filed July 2'7, 1940 INVENTOR Louis E. Frlj 16 M ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 23, 1943 l PICTURE noon "his; Albany, N. r; ass g i p by em assignments, to Norman A flenderson; Albany,

spp nsfi niiui 1; 1940, semi Nannie The present invention relates to a device'for supnorting pictures and other articles and. relates more particularly to a hook, for supportingpic:

tures and the like on walls. I

In the normalpractiee of hanging articles. such as pictures, a cord or wire is aflixed to the picture, or to the'frame in which it is mounted, and the c rd or'wire is. supported from: a hook suitably anchored to the wall. .Hook devices heretofore employed were unsatisfactory Ior the reason that they did not prevent slippage between the cord or wire and the hook device. Accordingly, the

picture suspended from such hook devices tended to tip out of its proper position.

Certain of the prior hook devicesare provided with means for setting up resistance to slippage.

However, this resistance to slippage depends upon the friction between the hook device and the cord or wire and is not efiective in preventing the tipping of the pictures.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved picture hook construction which will be free from the above-mentioned and other disadvantages, and which will be especially simple and durable in construction, efiicient in operation andinexpensive in cost.

In one aspect my invention comprises a hook device so constructed as to provide tapered slots which permit of the wedging in of the cord or wire therein, the weight of the picture on the cord or wire assisting inmaintaining the cord or wire in the slots and effectively preventing any slippage. The slots are so formed as to permit of the 1 easy positioning of the cord or wire on the hook.

' Other objects of this invention, together with the details of construction and combinations of parts, will appear from the following detailed description and will be pointed out in the appended claims. r

In the accompanying drawing wherein the preferred embodiments of my invention are shown,

Figure 1 is-a side elevational view ofa hook device constructed in accordance with my invention, partly in section to show the manner in which the nail is held in the hook device,

Figure 2 is a front elevationalviewof the same. Figure 3 is a side elevational View of modified form of my hook device, and

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the hook device shown in Figure 3. v I

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, reference numeral 5 generally indicates a web the upper portion of which is bent over at 1 to form a loop: as shown. One side f t 'e Icon is lit r0-v vided with a hole I I; and the web is provided with with .anopening I! in' diagonal alignment with he hole 1 l Lfas'viewed inFig. l, toreceivathc nail 5. A tongue-"I3 integral with the-web 6 is adapted to contact, with the free edge I5'of loop to p ess the same againstthe n il to hold it n. position both before and after the hook device is fastened to the supporting structure. a

The lower edge of the web 6 is curledover to form a 1 0! Hi, the free end I! of which is at the 1 bottom I8 of the loop and is spaced from the main portion of the web 6; The side edges are formed with integral wedge-shaped projections 19 which are adapted to be bent at right angles to the main portion of the web and to form with portion 2| of the loop tapering slots 22 for the reception of the cord or wire of the picture being suspended.

The hook device is preferably made of a spring metal whereby the'free end of the loop. IBwill yieldingly and resiliently press against the cord' or wire therein further holding the same in the tapered slot's 22. I

In Figures 3 and 4 there is shown a, modification ofthe tapered slot construction. in which the lower portion of the web 6 is bent rather sharply at 23 to form a tongue 24 flaring away from the main body of the web. This construction also forms tapering slots25 having one rigid and one somewhat yieldingand resilient side between which the cord or wire is received and held.

It will be noted that the opposite sides of the wire receiving slots 22 and 25 are not in exactly opposed relation. That is to say, the portions 2| and 24 are between or slightly offset from the wedge, shaped portions l9. By this construction,

slight butcomparatively sharp bends are made in the cord or wire as it is pulled'down into engagement with the sides of the slots which serve, to'prevent slippage-of the cord orwire and yet do not prevent its being freely raised in a vertical direction out of engagement with the slots when it is desired to remove the picture from the hook.

It is to be understood that the foregoing "detailedvdescription is merely given by way of'illustration and that many variations may be made V therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.

1. A hook device of the character described;

comprising a flat, elongated web having oppositely disposed portions at the edges thereof .an-

gularly disposed to the plane of said web; said web being bent a'long a line adjacent said angularly disposed portions and having its free. end

disposed to form with said portions a hook adapted to receive a picture wire.

2. A hook device of the character described formed from an elongated strip of somewhat resillent material and provided near the end forming the topv thereofwith' a nailreceiving passage for "securing saidldevi'ce to a wall; said, device comprising a substantially flat, web portion adapted to lie adjacent said wall, oppositely disposed marginal portions of said web at thebote tomthereof-being bent out to lie in planes sub-g stantially perpendicular to saidflweb, and that portion of said strip between theibottomj ot said 7 weband the adjacent free end thereof being bent outwardly and upwardly from the bottom of said web to form with said bent out marginal portions a hook adapted to receive a picture wire.

3. A hook device of the character described comprising a-flat metal strip having one portion thereof forming the bottom of said device bentto 7 form'with an adjacent-portion of said strip a hook adapted to'receive a picture Wire, the opposite marginal edge portions of that part of said strip forming one side of said hook being angularly disposed to-the plane of said part of said strip and extending outwardly therefrom subwill be engaged by one side of said hook at two spaced points and by the other side of said hook between said points.

4. A hook device of the character described ,formed from an elongated strip of somewhat resilient material and provided with a, nail-receiving passage whereby said device may be secured to a. wall; said device comprising a web portion adapted to lie adjacent said wall, oppositely disposedmarginal portions of said web at the bottom thereof being angularly disposed to the plane of said web and extending outwardly therefrom,

va'nd' a narrower portion of said strip extending outwardly from said web portion at the bottom thereof being disposed at least in part between and closely adjacent said angularly disposed I 7 portions of said web to form therewith a wirereceiving hook.

5. A picture hook of the character described -comprising an elongated web portion provided with a nail-receiving passagefor securing said device to a; wall, a portion integral with and narrower than said web portion and extending outwardlyfltherefrom in the form of a substantially stantially to the opposite side of said hook at the 7 bottom thereof and presenting edges ofsaid strip for engagement by said wire; whereby said wire 

